Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Olga

Gender

Female

Origin

Russian
TBD
Blessed, holy; feminine form of Oleg and variant of Helga. Saint Olga was a princess of Kiev who introduced her subjects to Christianity.
German
Blessed, holy
Hungarian
Norse
Romanian
Scandinavian
Swedish

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Olga

Pronunciation

o-lga, ol-ga

Famous People

Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1929 (rank #2591, 10 births); most recent 1990 (rank #8109, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #141, 1,691 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3167, 50 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–50
2024–48
2023–54
2022–54
2021–56
2020–54
2019–48
2018–53
2017–58
2016–47

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #1584, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4200, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20255
20245
20236
202212
20216
202010
20197
201812
20178
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1953 (rank #572, 9 births); most recent 1971 (rank #1315, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1902 (rank #69, 702 births); most recent 2023 (rank #974, 38 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–38
2022–43
2021–51
2020–57
2019–38
2018–35
2017–28
2016–41
2015–29
2014–18

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1973 (rank #155, 42 births); most recent 2022 (rank #881, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #357, 6 births); most recent 2016 (rank #798, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1935 (rank #70, 15 births); most recent 1959 (rank #392, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence